WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2025

Went to water exercise this morning. Missed yoga yesterday due to having to talk to credit union about fraudulent charges on my credit card. I got an alert but was not sure it was authentic. Turns out it was and they have cancelled my card and are sending me a new one. Glad they caught it.

Beautiful day today. Got some yardwork done. Need to get geraniums planted. DD got some really nice ones at Costco.

Allie and Ginny take care of yourselves.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

Heather - it sounds like a wonderful day to me. You and John do such a wonderful job of keeping them entertained, that’s hard to do sometimes.

Ginny - I think we all have the tendency to complain with health woes because they interrupt our life so much.

Lisa - I think your brother is a smart man.
I should call my brother this weekend. I have talked to him twice this year and think I should try to keep up on a monthly basis. I miss him. We were never overly close even though it was only the two of us. He enjoyed being at home with our parents and grandparents and I enjoyed being gone. I still would go do something every night if I only had me to think about. I moved out for the most part when he was only 12 and I was 16.
I think the biggest lesson I’ve learned the last few years is to not push so hard. It’s made a huge difference in how I feel overall.

Margaret - I read everything you write and I admire your dedication.

Rebecca - I would have enjoyed your Mom. My grandmother tried to teach me good posture. I really wish I had listened.

Lanette - it’s so amazing how just the smallest changes make us feel better. I hug a pillow now too.

I went for a walk tonight, first time in almost two years. I only did 21 mins, but thought I would start a little slower so I can keep it up.

I came back and made a card for a coworker. She is always telling groaner jokes. This is my own spin on a design I saw online.

Tracey in Edmonton

Mo - Thanks for the sentiment, I talk to my best friend often, and she's staying busily involved in the whirl of shutting off the rest of a life at the moment, social security, his military retirement, VA, etc. She's keeping his house, and all that entails. There is no real reason to keep it, but she can't let it go yet. I get that. Sounds like a tough shift, but not your worst. Busy days coming up, too. Don't forget to take care of yourself, too, my friend.

Tracey - Call your brother! 🤳🏻📞😀 The card's cute. Bet she loves it.

Lanette - I'm struggling with muscle soreness as well, especially my lower back. Getting on the big mower this afternoon, it's like one of those old jiggly belts you used to see in gyms, it should shake all the soreness out, not least because the moles have been having fun trying to rehab all this land… they're good for the soil, but hazardous for walking and for mowing!

Gardening stuff:

Up early this morning, will work on getting this week's video posted. Had to tape a short bit to insert, so am going to have to up my editing game. First time I've done this. We'll see if it works or not.

Later, y'all…
Love,
Lisa in AR

So I am gonna do a new thing. In my head it will be marvelous! So I am buying 5 containers and label them the days of the week. Weekends are whatever. I will portion out my things, then just take out a container to figure out what I am eating for the day. Anything that is in freezer and frig, I will just list on index cards and throw in the containers. I will take photos.😂🙃

Rebecca Whidbey Wa

Good Afternoon;

Boy was I wrong about the weather. I took a nap and woke up with a searing headache. I let Rose out to pee, and I did so downstairs. Then, thunderstruck, Rose was scratching frantically to get into the house (I'm glad she got to pee). I washed my hands quickly to let her in. Then it was raining buckets of water. I saw these kids running home. Then we had hail come down. Rose is attached to me like glue. The weirdest thing was that there was a bumblebee in my on-suite bathroom. I saved one in my patio the other day. I am afraid of bees, but I appreciate what they do, so I try to save them from a distance. I hate the buzzing sound they make. My neighbors would watch me and laugh hysterically as I ran and flailed my hands. They thought I was having a mental episode, because they couldn't see the bee. Then I explained why I was doing that. We had a lemon tree in front of our house and they were atractect to them. In my backyard, we had orange, tangerine, lime, fig, plum, and peach trees. Many bees were back there. I almost got killed on Pacific Coast Hwy by a truck running from a bee. So forgive me for spraying him 😪🐝. There has to be a way to trap them and let them go. My mom use to do that for me. She had a bee farm in TN.

XO,

Mo in Mississippi

Barbie … I'm surprised your dentist didn't look at the suspicious tooth while you were in the office. Every time I see the hygienist, the doctor comes in and performs an exam. For little problems, he often asks if I want to take care of it then if my schedule allows. For larger problems, or if I'm on a tight schedule, we make an appointment for later in the month.

My scale has resurfaced and I absolutely have to get on it and face the music. I am very sure that I am putting on weight … my pants are tightening … and I need to get this ship righted ASAP. I've made enough excuses for my overeating and sloppy food choices.

Beth near Buffalo

Tina outside might not be safer depending on how tall and nearby other buildings are. In SF the Loma Prieta Quake falling debris crushed cars and covered sidewalks feet deep. You are right there is not really time. That quake sounded like an oncoming freight train.

Kylia what Tracey said about the work you take home. Hope you can get some rest/respite.

Ginny you have been very brave and uncomplaining throughout all this. ((Gentle hugs)) Tracey the HapPea card is cuuute!.Mo sorry for the loss of your Mrs. Hashimoto. ((hugs))

Allie what did the endocrinologist say?

Heather, Margaret, Rita lovely pics.

Lisa, Barbie, Sue your outside work is inspiring.

Rebecca “crazy person looking for a bathroom” LOL! I resemble that remark!

Lanette, thanks for the Bob and Brad reminder, will check them out for hip stretches.

Michele do you think Vince wants you to cover for him at the ceramics?

Beth is the snow all gone?

Terri hope the broken tooth stays pain free til you can get it taken care of.

Debbie ((hugs)) just ((hugs)) Papa told a wonderful story about Little Grandma and the drummer and how she ended up with the gold watch. As a child I played with that watch and of course, broke the crystal. As an adult I worked with a jeweler who was able to replace the crystal and give the watch a “tuneup” so I could give it back to Papa for Fathers’ Day. Later, Papa gave little grandma’s gold watch to my cousin Frank, because as a male, he’d carry the family name. He didn’t carry if very far, all his children were girls. I was devastated. Even more when Mama “organized” the family photo albums and discarded many of my favorites; her smoking a pipe, toddler me pouring “tea” for a friend, etc etc etc. So hard to try to conceal those strong emotions to avoid distressing the well-meaning parent. ((hugs))

Machka was it you who had a genetic predisposition to DVT? If so, are you on any long term medication?

My left hip has been aching ever since my marathon Medford trip. Afraid it might be another DVT, so dosing myself with aspirin, doubling up on my breakfast pineapple, increasing the turmeric gummies, snacking on crystallized ginger and drinking even more water than usual. Made it through BB&B this morning for the first time since the 14th. Pooped out from line dancing after an hour. Hoping the good weather hangs on through tomorrow, would love to play in the dirt.

Later, lighter, lovelies!
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD

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